Equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines makes a life-saving difference to all countries

Nature Human Behaviour
Volume 6 Issue 2, February 2022
https://www.nature.com/nathumbehav/volumes/6/issues/2

 

Article | 31 January 2022 | Open Access
Equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines makes a life-saving difference to all countries
Using data-driven mathematical modelling that combines viral evolution with epidemiological dynamics, Ye et al. show that COVID-19 vaccine inequity leads to the emergence of new variants and new waves of the pandemic, while equitable allocation of vaccine doses reduces case counts and fatalities in all countries.
Yang Ye, Qingpeng Zhang, Daniel Dajun Zeng